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by Jesse Eisinger | ProPublica President-elect Donald Trump’s transition-team adviser on financial policies and appointments, Paul Atkins, has been depicted as an ideological advocate of small government. But the ways that the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans are likely to…

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Bernards Township alleging that the municipality violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) when it denied zoning approval to allow the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge to build a…

The founder of the United Security and Police Officers of America (USPOA) was sentenced to 37 months in prison for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars in union funds for his personal use. Assane Faye, 61, of Toms River, New…

President Barack Obama commuted the sentence of a Camden, New Jersey man who would have spent 30 years in prison if then-US Attorney Chris Christie had his way. Obama commuted Jose Rodriguez’s prison sentence to expire on November 22, 2018,…

Freezing weather can take its toll on pipes in and around your home. Most water meters and pipes can be found in basements, crawl spaces and other unheated areas, where cold winter temperatures can cause them to freeze. As temperatures…

Peaceful demonstrators who are demanding a stop to construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which threatens the Missouri River and drinking water for millions of people in lands that belong to native American tribes, were attacked by heavily armed police…

Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant is a timeless recording that celebrates Thanksgivingand everything great about America, including warfare, littering, jail and a whole lot of mean, ugly things we often take for granted. And if you don’t know what I mean, just click…

Assemblyman John Wisniewski voted at least three times to outlaw abortion procedures and he voted twice to restrict access to abortion for some New Jersey women, but now he wants to be governor. The anti-abortion laws Wisniewski supported were later declared unconstitutional…

A longtime political insider who championed the gas tax hike and earned millions of dollars from taxpayer funded legal contracts is gearing up to challenge a Wall Street tycoon who has plotted to take Gov. Chris Christie’s place, as the two men…

By Sonia Kennebeck It was around four in the morning when I received the phone call. “I was raided by the FBI,” said a trembling voice on the other end. “I need help.” I was immediately alarmed. I was in…